This is a 10* BIG TIGER on the LA Dodgers.

Sometimes "recent performance" is the best indicator we have in properly judging starting pitching and in this case, we feel that Kenta Maeda has a big advantage over his counterpart. The visitors hand the ball to Chris Tillman (10-2, 3.71 ERA) who has been excellent this season, but who comes in off a dud in which he was rocked for four earned runs over just four innings in a 5-3 loss to the Mariners on Thursday. That's back-to-back outings in which Tillman has struggled now and it marked his third straight start in which he's given up at least four earned runs. He'd also give up a home run for his eighth time in his last nine starts. Maeda (7-5, 2.82) comes in off a dominant outing vs. the Brewers on Thursday, going six innings and allowing just a single run off three scattered hits. In four starts in June Maeda would post a 2.73 ERA and 1.21 WHIP. He'll now look to improve upon his already impressive 2.99 ERA in all "night" contests. Baltimore has lost five straight, while LA comes in with a ton of momentum, winner of five in a row. All signs point a lop-sided beatdown, play on the DODGERS.

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